January 5th, 2016 | Posted in General
Those of you who are also my Facebook friend will probably already be familiar with this, please forgive the repetition if that is the case. On New Year’s Day my longtime friend, fellow caricaturist, ISCA member and illustrator Glenn Ferguson was attacked at the caricature concession stand he works at in Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando by a disgruntled former co-worker, and seriously injured by multiple stab wounds which caused neck, cranium and brain damage. Glenn underwent 5 hours of emergency surgery that day, and thankfully pulled through. However the extent of the injury to his brain will not be known until he regains… READ MORE
January 4th, 2016 | Posted in Monday MADness
Here’s a rare (because I almost never scan my finished pencils before I ink them) look at all four stages of a MAD job, this from MAD‘s parody of “Brokeback Mountain” written by Arnie Kogen, MAD #465, May 2006… Initial roughs: Finished pencils: Finished Inks: Finished color: READ MORE
January 3rd, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: As an artist that still uses the traditional method of pen and India ink, I still get very frustrated with ink blots and I find that my ink gets extremely blotchy in its inkwell due to paper scrap build-up at times. After all these years, I still have my good days and bad days with the ink cooperating and there’s really not much on the topic out there beyond calligraphy pens (I use a 513 EF for the majority of my comics) on how to maximize the efficiency of using a dip pen. I’m curious how you keep your inkwell clean and how do… READ MORE
December 28th, 2015 | Posted in News
Tom’s MAD Blog will be taking a short hiatus between now and the New Year due to an overwhelming workload and a Christmas cookie detox. See you next year! READ MORE
December 27th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Concerning your drawing process: If you are not satisfied with a caricature, what do you do? Do you start over again on a new sheet, or do you erase parts of your drawing and just draw some details new? A: That’s a tough one to answer because it depends on how “off” the drawing is. If I’m not liking how a caricature is turning out, I have to decide if what I have done so far is salvageable or if it’s a complete loss and I need to start over completely. To be honest, most of the time I SHOULD just start over… if… READ MORE
December 25th, 2015 | Posted in General
Here’s a couple of final Santa/Holiday illustrations… Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! My most recent one Christmas illustration for The Marlin Co. READ MORE
December 24th, 2015 | Posted in General
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December 23rd, 2015 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonist Society Foundation just released a holiday edition of their FREE digital magazine The National Cartoon!st. Read and/or download the PDF publication absolutely free here! READ MORE
